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architectural design

Among Bulfinch’s works are the Massachusetts
State House, Boston (designed 1787–88; built 1795–98; extant in the late 20th century but greatly altered); the Connecticut
State House, Hartford (1792–96; now the city hall); and the Maine Capitol, Augusta (1828–31). Bulfinch was the fourth in the succession of architects of the United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Serving...

In Boston, the Massachusetts
State House, designed 1787–88 and built 1795–98 by Charles Bulfinch, derived from English Neoclassical models. By far the most gifted architect working in the United States in these years was Benjamin Latrobe. Latrobe was born in England, where he was trained by the innovative architect Samuel Pepys Cockerell. He evidently became familiar with the...